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Medieval Art Fusion of different styles
Roman ideas (techniques of sculpture lost)
Christian ideas Church richest, most
powerful institution in Medieval world
Had the money to support artists throughout Medieval period
Northern European “Barbarian” artistic tradition (Celtic, Germanic)
Byzantine (iconography) Much of the non-religious
medieval art is lost to us No concept of preserving
art outside of church
St. Francis’ Rule Approved
Giotto (1288-92?)
Tempera (egg yolk mixed with pigment) on wood and ground gold
Questions
Glowing head?
Realistic?
Depth perception?
Medieval Art: Religious Themes
The Crucifixion
Giotto (1305)
Tempera on wood andground gold.
Questions
Realism?
Glowing heads?
Depth?
Medieval Art: Religious Themes
Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art
1. Bright colors & oil paints (change in material used)
2. Focus on realism Natural poses
were life-like, realistic (like the GREEKS!)
Showed personality & emotion in the art
Expulsion fromthe GardenMasaccio1427First nudes sinceclassical times
3. Perspective
(Della Pittura – Alberti)
Use of perspective
(horizon line, vanishing point) Shadowing created
illusion of depth Made items in background smaller
Lamentation Over the Dead Christ, Andre Mantegna (1481)
Notes…Realistic?
…Perspective?
Perspective!
Perspective!
Betrothal of the Virgin
Raphael
1504
Compare & Contrast Perspective
4. Classicism
� Obvious Greco-Roman influence
� Individualism (free standing figures)
� Symmetry/Balance
Statue of Habacuc
Donatello (1423-25)
School of Athens - Raphael
5. Emphasis on Individualism� Batista Sforza & Federico de
Montefeltre: The Duke & Duchess of Urbino (Piero della Francesca, 1465-1466)
6. Geometrical Arrangement of Figures
� The Dreyfus Madonna with the Pomegranate
� Leonardo da Vinci (1469)
� The figure as architecture!
Raphael’s Canagiani Madonna, 1507
Activity
Read and complete graphic organizer.
Due at end of class.
Lorenzo the Magnificent
1449-1492Grandson of CosimoRuled Florence, 1469 to deathPatron to Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Botticelli
Cosimo de Medici
1389-1464Medici bank = base of powerTook over Florence, 1433Patron to Brunelleschi, others
Adoration of the Magi
Entire Medicifamily shown
Who are the “magi”?
Who is in farright, lookingat viewers?
Renaissance Religious Themes
Madonna and Child
Madonna and Child, Fra Filippo Lippi 1406-1469Emotion of face -she looks like a real mother - tired, worn down
Leonardo da Vinci “Study of
Hands”
“Study of the Gradations of shadows”
“Self portrait”
Leonardo, the Inventor:
Pages from his Notebook
Machine gun
Tank
Helicopter
Leonardo, the Scientist (Biology):Pages from his
Notebook� An example of
the humanist desire to unlock the secrets of nature.
Leonardo, the Scientist (Anatomy):
from his Notebook
Mona LisaLisa di Antonio Maria Gherandini“Mona” - Italian version of ‘Madonna’ or ‘my lady’
The Last Supper-Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV6_wTrkd70
Michelangelo
The Pieta
David
The Sistine Chapel
The Sistine Chapel Details
The Creation
of the Heavens
The Sistine Chapel Details
Creation of Man
The Sistine Chapel Details
The Last Judgment
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEE3B8Fsuc0
Research Activity
Research your answers to the questions provided on the handout.